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later, the use of political cartoons. at noon, a call-in show from earlier with russian prime minister vladimir putin. tonight, we finished our week- long series with supreme court justices. starting at 8:00 eastern, a conversation with the newest member of the court, justice sonia sotomayor. and then former justice sandra day o'connor. and coming up this hour, a conversation on immigration. the immigration policy center and the policy for immigration studies will join us. better that, the obama administration plus handling of foreign policy and diplomacy. a professor from georgetown school of foreign service is our guest. live from the nation's capital, this is "washington journal."
later, the use of political cartoons. at noon, a call-in show from earlier with russian prime minister vladimir putin. tonight, we finished our week- long series with supreme court justices. starting at 8:00 eastern, a conversation with the newest member of the court, justice sonia sotomayor. and then former justice sandra day o'connor. and coming up this hour, a conversation on immigration. the immigration policy center and the policy for immigration studies will join us. better that, the...
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so let's use the example of a medical student. recently graduated, secured a job, you know, wants to purchase a home but doesn't have any income at that point. but recently you could look and see that that person will. that was the intent of, say, a low doc, no doc loans. when you look at what happened in the lending industry, those types of loans became almost standardized. in large part because there was a lot of money to be made by putting people in those loans because it would cost a little more to put somebody in that loan so they would be a greater revenue stream. and therefore, more interest and more ability to sell that off to wall street. and unfortunately, there was a lack of either appreciation or interest in the problems that were occurring on the ground not just in the state of illinois, but throughout this country, with those types of risky loans. in addition to the dish can i ask you specifically, did the state attorneys general visit with occ, federal reserve and visit these issues? >> i think in 2005, you might be
so let's use the example of a medical student. recently graduated, secured a job, you know, wants to purchase a home but doesn't have any income at that point. but recently you could look and see that that person will. that was the intent of, say, a low doc, no doc loans. when you look at what happened in the lending industry, those types of loans became almost standardized. in large part because there was a lot of money to be made by putting people in those loans because it would cost a little...
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and bruce gave us 60 days. i thank strobe for lending him to us. and we concluded quite simply that america's basic national security interest were at stake in these two countries. this was not enough where the vietnam posed no direct threat to the american homeland. it was not iraq, where saddam hussein had attacks on our countries, including pakistan itself has been planned. the people out there said they would do it again, very clearly, as the near miss on christmas day demonstrates. in fact, this particular person was not trained, and pakistan does not change the fact that the inspiration for all of this comes from al qaeda and al qaeda's leadership is based in the remotest areas on the afghanistan/pakistan border. so we concluded without any dissent that this was a national security issue. we could not walk away from it. the second question was therefore, what do we do about it? the answer has been laid out in a serious of speeches and public states by president obama march 27th and december of last year were the two major statements. but ther
and bruce gave us 60 days. i thank strobe for lending him to us. and we concluded quite simply that america's basic national security interest were at stake in these two countries. this was not enough where the vietnam posed no direct threat to the american homeland. it was not iraq, where saddam hussein had attacks on our countries, including pakistan itself has been planned. the people out there said they would do it again, very clearly, as the near miss on christmas day demonstrates. in...
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the that used to keep us safe from bioterrorism in the '60s and the '70s and the early '80s unfortunately the biotechnical revolution that give us a much better life today in many aspects also provides that. the pathogens you would need to make a biological weapon you can get from nature. virtually everyone since the 1918 influenza and smallpox, all of them you can get from nature. ted turner lost 168 buffalo on his ranch because his cows ate in the wrong pasture. the equipment needed to weaponize these basic pathogens0 you can buy on the internet for probably less than what you would spend on a good used car. that's what's made the difference. we know the motivation is there. the technology makes it available for terrorists. >> this is -- the chairman mentioned there's a bottleneck with the nuclear side which give us an advantage. they have to get enough nuclear material. then they have to make it into a bomb which is within their capabilities but it's a lot harder than weaponizing bio. you can prepare for a bio attack and there's no way to prepare for a nuclear attack to so minimize the
the that used to keep us safe from bioterrorism in the '60s and the '70s and the early '80s unfortunately the biotechnical revolution that give us a much better life today in many aspects also provides that. the pathogens you would need to make a biological weapon you can get from nature. virtually everyone since the 1918 influenza and smallpox, all of them you can get from nature. ted turner lost 168 buffalo on his ranch because his cows ate in the wrong pasture. the equipment needed to...
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which is hopefully of greater use than just this one application but could be used in other situations around the world. there has been some criticism in the vietnamese press and from the vietnamese government about the speed at which this cleanup program has proceeded however my impressions have been that by and large the relationship between the u.s. entities and vietnamese entities are involved in this containment and clean-up activity has been fairly good and fairly successful. moving than to the health care issue then things start getting a little more problematic and a part of the big issue is the act will scope or scale of the issue is really are known. if you look at vietnamese figures, we have already heard the figure of 400,000 deaths attributable to exposure to the agent orange by oxen, the vietnamese themselves, but the figure of 4.8 million people in to get mom that have health or medical problems associated with exposure to dioxin and agent orange, and one recent media reports put that in your estimated cost of dealing with health effects of agent orange dioxin at $30 bil
which is hopefully of greater use than just this one application but could be used in other situations around the world. there has been some criticism in the vietnamese press and from the vietnamese government about the speed at which this cleanup program has proceeded however my impressions have been that by and large the relationship between the u.s. entities and vietnamese entities are involved in this containment and clean-up activity has been fairly good and fairly successful. moving than...
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he has made it very clear to those of us serving in his cabinet that he not only wants us to do the best job we possibly can running our own agencies but feels that it is a wasted opportunity if we are not leveraging our assets with our allies the iraq government so there is a lot of very exciting interagency work going on. i work on a very regular basis with everybody from the attorney general to the secretary of education and housing and urban development secretary in ways that really have never happened before. everybody in our agency acknowledges that. while there has always been some talk about this kind of collaborative effort it really has never been systemically approached and it is a commitment that we are making throughout the government. so we have interdepartmental partnerships their interagency council on homelessness which many of you are working on and are familiar with. to the juvenile justice coordinating council which actually meets later today, through various interagency working groups on youths that meet on a regular basis and we are doing what we can to make sure th
he has made it very clear to those of us serving in his cabinet that he not only wants us to do the best job we possibly can running our own agencies but feels that it is a wasted opportunity if we are not leveraging our assets with our allies the iraq government so there is a lot of very exciting interagency work going on. i work on a very regular basis with everybody from the attorney general to the secretary of education and housing and urban development secretary in ways that really have...
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bruce gave us a 60 days and i think strobe for minicam to us. and we concluded quite simply that america's basic national security interests were at stake. in these two countries. this was not vietnam where the vietcong posed no direct threat to the american homeland. it was not iraq where saddam hussein similarly did not oppose a direct threat. this was an area where attacks on our soil and other countries, including pakistan itself, and the people out there've had said very clearly they would do it again as the new mass on christmas day demonstrates so fully. in fact, this particular person was not trained in pakistan does not change the fact that the aspiration for all of this comes from al qaeda, and al qaeda's leadership is based in the remotest areas on the afghanistan-pakistan border. so we concluded without any dissent that this was a national security issue, and we could not walk away from it. the second question was, therefore, what do we do about it? the answer has been laid out in a series of speeches and public statements by preside
bruce gave us a 60 days and i think strobe for minicam to us. and we concluded quite simply that america's basic national security interests were at stake. in these two countries. this was not vietnam where the vietcong posed no direct threat to the american homeland. it was not iraq where saddam hussein similarly did not oppose a direct threat. this was an area where attacks on our soil and other countries, including pakistan itself, and the people out there've had said very clearly they would...
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they are not enamored with us. they have seen with the other teams will do. >> you said that you favor bipartisan legislation. do you think that the irresponsibility of the majority, the only way they can get it is to get the minority? >> there are 59 democrats in the senate and 41 republicans. in the house, the democrat majority is 40 seats larger than the minority. the only bipartisan opposition to the job killing agenda are republicans and moderate democrats were saying, no, stop. they do not need us to pass legislation there has been no outreach of year. i want to sit down and try to address the problems that we have. i know my principles are. i am not going to sacrifice my principles by sitting down and negotiating. i am willing to sit down and work with them. b>> there are a majority of elements. >> i will not vote for a bill that raises taxes. i will not vote for a bill lakers decided government. i will not vote for a bill that this government -- put his government in control of the decisions american should
they are not enamored with us. they have seen with the other teams will do. >> you said that you favor bipartisan legislation. do you think that the irresponsibility of the majority, the only way they can get it is to get the minority? >> there are 59 democrats in the senate and 41 republicans. in the house, the democrat majority is 40 seats larger than the minority. the only bipartisan opposition to the job killing agenda are republicans and moderate democrats were saying, no,...
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it's us. it's hhs as three of the big components to really work on this adoption issue because we all want the right things for these children. this issue is only going to grow over time. >> that's correct. and i appreciate the opportunity to work with you and your group of people on this issue. and i think the chairman's indulgence for pulling off-topic for a moment. thank you, senator. >> thank you very much for your questions and particularly the last one, neutrality tester. -- senator tester. we're all sharing your concern. next is senator burris. good morning. [inaudible] >> that it's crucial to recognize the contribution of odini and nctc and dhs. for making our homeland as secure as it is. so y'all are to be complimented for the work that you've done. and there have been numerous terrorist plots foiled since 9/11. some of which have occurred in my home state of illinois. so we're very grateful to you all for that effort. and i just wonder several questions that are running through my mi
it's us. it's hhs as three of the big components to really work on this adoption issue because we all want the right things for these children. this issue is only going to grow over time. >> that's correct. and i appreciate the opportunity to work with you and your group of people on this issue. and i think the chairman's indulgence for pulling off-topic for a moment. thank you, senator. >> thank you very much for your questions and particularly the last one, neutrality tester. --...
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and bruce gave us 60 days. i thank strobe for lending him to us. and we concluded quite simply that america's basic national security interest were at stake in these two countries. this was not enough where the vietnam posed no direct threat to the american homeland. it was not iraq, where saddam hussein had attacks on our countries, including pakistan itself has been planned. the people out there said they would do it again, very clearly, as the near miss on christmas day demonstrates. in fact, this particular person was not trained, and pakistan does not change the fact that the inspiration for all of this comes from al qaeda and al qaeda's leadership is based in the remotest areas on the afghanistan/pakistan border. so we concluded without any dissent that this was a national security issue. we could not walk away from it. the second question was therefore, what do we do about it? the answer has been laid out in a serious of speeches and public states by president obama march 27th and december of last year were the two major statements. but ther
and bruce gave us 60 days. i thank strobe for lending him to us. and we concluded quite simply that america's basic national security interest were at stake in these two countries. this was not enough where the vietnam posed no direct threat to the american homeland. it was not iraq, where saddam hussein had attacks on our countries, including pakistan itself has been planned. the people out there said they would do it again, very clearly, as the near miss on christmas day demonstrates. in...
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no one would lend it to us. the interest rates we would have to pay would sink our economy and mean that we were putting most of our tax dollars into debt service. why am i confident that we might succeed in this endeavor tax is partly because, actually, if you look at what needs to be changed, rather small changes in the un member of things -- in a number of things, spending and tax programs, phased in over time can solve this problem. we are a productive, growing economy. this is not a problem that is unique to us. it is largely caused by the fact that we have an aging population and of rising cost of medical care so that our medical commitments and our pension commitments will grow faster than the economy and faster than taxes at any feasible rate of taxation. so we have to do something about this. but, the japanese have the worst problem. they are aging faster than we are. the europeans are aging faster than we are. many of them have taken drastic steps. we have not had to face this problem because we were l
no one would lend it to us. the interest rates we would have to pay would sink our economy and mean that we were putting most of our tax dollars into debt service. why am i confident that we might succeed in this endeavor tax is partly because, actually, if you look at what needs to be changed, rather small changes in the un member of things -- in a number of things, spending and tax programs, phased in over time can solve this problem. we are a productive, growing economy. this is not a...
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they have attacked us and are still attacking us. this administration cannot wish that reality away and i don't think they intend to. the threat cannot be negotiated away. but we must do is acknowledge this reality and work to vote and interrupt the attacks and destroys the organizations that are at war with us. it is a different kind of war but real nonetheless. and this hearing can help us get insight into the failure that occurred and what we need to do in the future but until the administration and congress fully acknowledge the reality of the enemy i don't think we will be fully effective. the work of the 9/11 commission unified our nation behind the idea that preventing act of war by traditional law enforcement techniques would not be effective. they declared we should treat this danger with a new understanding of how war. the truth is that the administration intends to view this conflict wrongly as a law enforcement act matter now. retreating from that national decision i thought we have reached. now we have a policy that prev
they have attacked us and are still attacking us. this administration cannot wish that reality away and i don't think they intend to. the threat cannot be negotiated away. but we must do is acknowledge this reality and work to vote and interrupt the attacks and destroys the organizations that are at war with us. it is a different kind of war but real nonetheless. and this hearing can help us get insight into the failure that occurred and what we need to do in the future but until the...